Addition by subtraction

No shock here: Former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president. Earlier in the year McClellan published a tell-all book about his stint as President Bush’s spokesman that surprised many who worked with him — raising concerns McClellan didn’t bring up while employed at the White House. Part of the McClellan back story is that he was nudged aside as press secretary when the White House became concerned about his effectiveness in his job. McClellan’s nod to Obama prompted syndicated columnist Mona Charen to observe on National Review Online’s “the corner” blog that the life-long Republican’s defection to the Democrats has “simultaneously raised the mean IQ of both parties.”

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